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  Jan 5 2008, 12:10 PM
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a forum member  Group: Members Posts: 2,360 Joined: 27-August 07 Member No.: 153,171  |
on rebooting I am told that I am back to square one  or do I have to log into something on line to 'remind' it of what work it had done dismayed 
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Jan 5 2008, 12:24 PM
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 Bleepin' Conundrum Group: Global Moderator Posts: 10,633 Joined: 26-April 04 From: 65 miles due East of the "Logic Free Zone", in Md, USA Member No.: 235 |
If you clicked on "Quit" it may have restarted. Or did you also see a new core downloaded?
Use the "Pause" only on the GUI, unless you want to abort the working WU. Sometimes, depending on CPU size, it may take a couple of minutes for the program to register back to saved amount of work. Close the GUI screen, wait about ten minutes, then hover your cursor over the Icon to get a reading. |
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 Jan 5 2008, 01:07 PM
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a forum member Group: Members Posts: 2,360 Joined: 27-August 07 Member No.: 153,171 |
it seems to have corrected itself; I do not wish to be letting all this work go on in the background for a good cause, only to reboot and find all this 'time' completely wasted; a unit of 5000 will take some time to complete
I am clicking on 'pause work' when I shut down ; also my system will not allow CODE 3. Use flags to control what WUs you get Locate your shortcut to the folding @ home program or create a new one. Right click it and press "Properties". Unde the "Shortcut" tab, find the "Target:" box. Add -advmethods -forceasm to the end of the target outside of the quotes so that it looks something similar to: "C:\Program Files\Folding@Home\winFAH.exe" -advmethods -forceasm although I am not too concerned about this ; just to get it to do some work  of interest, does the computer HAVE to be ON line for all this ,else I have another machine that COULD just chug away at it OFF line |
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Jan 5 2008, 01:17 PM
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Bleepin' Conundrum Group: Global Moderator Posts: 10,633 Joined: 26-April 04 From: 65 miles due East of the "Logic Free Zone", in Md, USA Member No.: 235 |
Actually, I don't think you want to be using flags to control WUs you receive. (Another here might address such.)
QUOTE of interest, does the computer HAVE to be ON line for all this ,else I have another machine that COULD just chug away at it OFF line Your systems only have to go on line to receive and send WUs. They actually fold faster if off line as the CPU is not being used for the on line work. Upon a boot up, give the program about ten minutes to register the previous results. This will depend on your OS and amount of CPU committed to the F@H. My Vista systems register immediately. My little XP's take a couple of minutes. So, it stands to reason your 98SE(?) with ??? CPU might take a couple more minutes to register. |
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Jan 5 2008, 02:11 PM
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 Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 642 Joined: 4-November 07 From: The Great State of Disarray Member No.: 167,506 |
QUOTE(ruby1 @ Jan 5 2008, 11:07 AM)  also my system will not allow CODE 3. Use flags to control what WUs you get Locate your shortcut to the folding @ home program or create a new one. Right click it and press "Properties". Unde the "Shortcut" tab, find the "Target:" box. Add -advmethods -forceasm to the end of the target outside of the quotes so that it looks something similar to: "C:\Program Files\Folding@Home\winFAH.exe" -advmethods -forceasm QUOTE(KoanYorel @ Jan 5 2008, 11:17 AM) Actually, I don't think you want to be using flags to control WUs you receive. (Another here might address such.) Again, not being familiar with the GUI version, I can only speak to the flags issue in general (and don't know why your system won't allow you to use them). I agree with KY that it's probably not a good idea to try to select the types of WUs you get, with some exceptions: From the console instructions, for which there may be something similar in the GUI: "Allow receipt of work assignments and return of work results greater than 5MB in size (such work units may have large memory demands.... By default, the client gets assigned only WUs that won't need a lot of network bandwidth or ressources. If it's not a problem for you, answer yes and you may be assigned these larger WUs that have bonus points." If you have an option to request WUs without deadlines, select no for that. Apparently such WUs no longer exist. Related to that, also be sure not to ignore deadlines, or late WUs will be rejected. The -forceasm flag might be the equivalent of the console's question of whether or not to allow highly optimized assembly code. I allow it, but you might not want to. Here's the explanation about it for the console: "Several years ago it [the highly optimized assembly code] was useful because some earlier AMD CPU had a flaw in their SIMD implementation, leading to crashes, but now it's past history." Hope this helps. FYI, there's also an F@H forum, where they can answer questions that we can't answer here. They'll also address scientific questions, which is really  .
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Jan 6 2008, 07:26 PM
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Bleepin' Conundrum Group: Global Moderator Posts: 10,633 Joined: 26-April 04 From: 65 miles due East of the "Logic Free Zone", in Md, USA Member No.: 235 |
Rowal5555,
Koan stalks now as do others..... I just made #3 on the BC team... next is ?.... FOLD ON Sisters and Brothers, let's get it done? |
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Jan 6 2008, 07:34 PM
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a forum member Group: Members Posts: 2,360 Joined: 27-August 07 Member No.: 153,171 |
may I ask; does any one individual get 'feedback' FROM the folding site itself on how each member of the 'team is progressing?
(EG; how might anyone except ME know how MINE is progressing ( or not as the case and time might be  )
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Jan 6 2008, 07:43 PM
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 Still visually handicapped, new avatar :0) Group: Global Moderator Posts: 15,531 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
Right click on the F@H icon in your system tray, select "Status", then select "Team Statistics".
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**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** BTW - the avatar pic is a camel as it looks back at me while I'm in the saddle (and he wasn't happy!) |
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Jan 6 2008, 07:45 PM
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a forum member Group: Members Posts: 2,360 Joined: 27-August 07 Member No.: 153,171 |
QUOTE(usasma @ Jan 7 2008, 12:43 AM) Right click on the F@H icon in your system tray, select "Status", then select "Team Statistics". I am told 'access forbidden'
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Jan 6 2008, 08:21 PM
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 Bleepin' Mod Group: Moderator Posts: 4,623 Joined: 18-March 06 From: B.C. Canada Member No.: 59,826 |
ruby1, the F@h stats are updated quite frequently, so that maybe why you couldn't access the site.
You can also try Kakao Sats, click on the filter box at the top of the page and change it to show All Members. A neat thing to watch is the folding process itself! Right click on the F@h icon in your system tray, select Display. This will show exactly how much you have completed in the work unit. --------------------  Join Bleeping Computers Folding@home Team and Help find a cure. I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. ~Woody Allen |
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Jan 6 2008, 08:30 PM
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Bleepin' Mod Group: Moderator Posts: 4,623 Joined: 18-March 06 From: B.C. Canada Member No.: 59,826 |
A Big Welcome to all the new Members of Bleeping Computers F@h Team!
  -------------------- Join Bleeping Computers Folding@home Team and Help find a cure. I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. ~Woody Allen |
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Jan 6 2008, 08:38 PM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 642 Joined: 4-November 07 From: The Great State of Disarray Member No.: 167,506 |
QUOTE(KoanYorel @ Jan 6 2008, 05:26 PM) Koan stalks now as do others..... I just made #3 on the BC team... next is ?.... Congrats, KY! Uh oh - rowal5555 better get himself some good running shoes.  Have had a lot of power outages lately, so folding this last 24 hours has been an iffy situation.
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Jan 6 2008, 11:19 PM
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 To INSANITY and BEYOND !! Group: Moderator Posts: 10,943 Joined: 10-September 04 From: NJ USA Member No.: 2,608 |
Watch out Rowal when KY ran me over he never even looked back..
Just kidding. way to go Koan an FOLD ON !!! -------------------- Can you spare some PC cycles to help FIND A CURE .. BC FOLDING TEAM Click me /info..
ThoughtVent a goodplace to discuss.<<>>>Staying Updated Calendar of Updates. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.... |
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Jan 7 2008, 08:54 AM
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 The BSG Malware Fighter Group: HJT Team Coach Posts: 5,363 Joined: 20-April 06 From: Hamburg Member No.: 64,788 |
it says my last WU was completed in mid dezember. considering that my pc is running every evening and my workunits are always 250, i cant really believe that. Plus i got kicked back a few positions lol
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Jan 7 2008, 11:57 AM
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Distinguished Member Group: Members Posts: 642 Joined: 4-November 07 From: The Great State of Disarray Member No.: 167,506 |
Aw man! If I were you, YoHi, I'd check in the F@H forums to see what's going on - http://foldingforum.org/index.php . They're really good at tracking missing WUs and credits.
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